Hello, Ed.   
      
   24 Jun 14 at 21:17, you wrote to All:   
      
    EV> On one page it said to turn the power on the Router before powering   
    EV> up the DSL Modem and Computer.   
      
   Here's what goes on: when you turn on the DSL modem, it queries the main ISP    
   server to get an IP address.  When you then turn on the router, it asks for a    
   WAN IP address from the modem which it receives.  When you turn on the    
   computer, Windows' DHCP client asks the router for a DHCP address and the    
   router leases an IP to Windows.   
      
   If you shut everything down, you shut down the computer first then all of the    
   external accessories.   
      
   When you power it up, it's just the opposite. :)   
      
   You never stop learning...   
      
   Later,   
   Sean   
      
   ... Just then, a boneless chicken wobbled by.   
   --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20130111   
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